It temporarily ups the age limit from 29 to 35 to take the civil service exam for firefighter, but limits the extension to those who took the test in 2007.

“Think about it. These are men and women who’ve trained, who’ve studied, who’ve done well on the test and they want to be firefighters so much, they came to the council to ask us to pass legislation to make sure they can. That’s the kind of heart and grit and tenacity you want,” said Council Speaker Christine Quinn on Thursday.

“They so want to be firefighters, they came to me and my colleagues and asked us to change the law to make sure that they don’t get penalized. So, we’ve done it. For one time, we’re raising the age to 35,” said Quinn.

Quinn says the mayor has promised to sign the measure into law, noting that this rights a wrong.